Marauders #8 (2022)

Christian) and Emma Frost) are showing a group of young mutants how Krakoan drugs are made. Emma leads the children through the gate that connects the Red Farm on Mars to the processing plant on Earth. As they are about to continue the tour with a visit to Island M, Emma gets a telepathic message from Bishop). Bishop, disguised in riot gear on the deck of a salvage ship, tells Emma to look through his eyes and apologizes for what she is about to see. He goes below deck and looks out a window into the water, where Kate Pryde)’s corpse is floating. Emma tells Christian to go back to Krakoa and get the *Mercury* ready to set sail for Madripoor. As Christian takes the children through the gate, a distraught Emma falls to her knees.

In Hellfire Bay, Iceman) meets Christian and Emma on the Mercury, where Emma tells him about Kate. Sometime later, the salvage vessel’s submarine recovers Kate’s body. Bishop ambushes the mercenary carrying her body to be autopsied and unzips the body bag. He notices fibrous material wrapped around Kate’s ankles and collects a sample. He then telepathically asks Emma when he should expect his backup. Emma tells him they’re already there just as the ship collides with something.

A group of guards is on high alert in the hold of the salvage ship when the captain radios that they hit an iceberg. The temperature in the hold starts dropping rapidly, freezing the wall and the guards themselves. The outer hatch suddenly shatters, revealing an enraged Iceman. A merc tries to shoot Iceman but his frozen finger snaps off when he tries pulling the trigger. Iceman increases the cold even more, but Bishop appears at his shoulder and tells him to stop. Bobby remembers himself of the Krakoan law to “kill no man," and decides to send a different message instead. He walks up to the nearest mercenary and breaks off his frozen arm. After Iceman pulls the cold air out of the room, Emma teleports him and Bishop to the Mercury at the latter's request. The submarine heads to with Kate’s body; Emma returns to the to tell ) about Kate's death.